Dust Bowl- From Dakota to Texas, America's wheat fields became vast Dust Bowls.
Homesteading begun on the great plains and farmers plows had uprooted the wild grasses that held the soils moisture. Crop prices dropped in the 1920s so many farmers left their fields uncultivated. With neither grass or wheat to hold rainfall, fields became dust bowls.
Homesteading begun on the great plains and farmers plows had uprooted the wild grasses that held the soils moisture. Crop prices dropped in the 1920s so many farmers left their fields uncultivated. With neither grass or wheat to hold rainfall, fields became dust bowls.